Legal Opinion
Morgan v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 10, 2020No. S19A1261PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
307 Ga. 889
FINAL COPY S19A1261. MORGAN v. THE STATE. ELLINGTON, Justice. A Chatham County jury found Jokeera Morgan guilty but mentally ill of murdering her two infant daughters by drowning them.1 Morgan confessed to drowning her daughters, but she argued at trial that she was not guilty of murdering them because she was legally insane at the time. Morgan appeals from the order denying her motion for a new trial, contending that the trial court erred by (1) excluding expert opinion testimony concerning her ability to 1 The crimes occurred on October 6, 2015. On December 29, 2015, a Chatham…
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